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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.|appt=15 July, 1905<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 202.</ref>|end=20 August, 1907<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 202.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart.|appt=15 July, 1905<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 202.</ref>|end=20 August, 1907<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 202.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Alexander Ballard|nick=George A. Ballard|appt=20 August, 1907<ref>Ballard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 65.</ref>|end=31 December, 1909<ref>Ballard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 65.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Alexander Ballard|nick=George A. Ballard|appt=20 August, 1907<ref>Ballard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 65.</ref>|end=31 December, 1909<ref>Ballard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 65.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry William Grant|nick=Henry W. Grant|appt=January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 322a}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry William Grant|nick=Henry W. Grant|appt=January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 322a}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Savill|nick=Herbert J. Savill|appt=14 May, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''l''}}<ref>Savill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|ass=17 May, 1915<ref>Savill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed while in command|end=5 June, 1916}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Savill|nick=Herbert J. Savill|appt=14 May, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''l''}}<ref>Savill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|ass=17 May, 1915<ref>Savill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed while in command|end=5 June, 1916}} | ||
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Revision as of 17:11, 3 November 2015
| H.M.S. Hampshire (1903) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 50 (Feb 1915)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong[2] |
| Ordered: | 1901-02 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 1 Sep, 1902[4] |
| Launched: | 24 Sep, 1903[5] |
| Commissioned: | 15 Jul, 1905[6] |
| Mined: | 5 Jun, 1916[7] |
| Fate: | off the Orkneys[8] |
Service
As part of the Channel Fleet, Hampshire started a refit in Portsmouth in August 1908, after Battle Practice.[9]
She completed to full crew at Portsmouth on 5 December, 1911.
Captain Hunter grounded Hampshire at Aden in February, 1913 through a "lack of proper forecaution."[10]
In mid-1913, she was on the China Station.[11]
At the Battle of Jutland, Hampshire was commanded by Captain Herbert John Savill, one of eight cruisers deployed sixteen miles ahead of the battle fleet. She was acting as the linking ship for communications.[12]
Radio
In mid-1913, it was decided to purchase a Type 9 Cruiser Auxiliary set for her.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., 15 July, 1905[14] – 20 August, 1907[15]
- Captain George A. Ballard, 20 August, 1907[16] – 31 December, 1909[17]
- Captain The Hon. Stanhope Hawke, 31 December, 1909[18] – 18 April, 1911[19]
- Captain Henry G. G. Sandeman, 18 April, 1911[20] – 5 December, 1911[21]
- Captain Cuthbert E. Hunter, 5 December, 1911[22] – 17 January, 1913[23]
- Captain Marcus R. Hill, 17 January, 1913[24] – January, 1914[25]
- Captain Henry W. Grant, January, 1914[26]
- Captain Herbert J. Savill, 14 May, 1915[27][28] – 5 June, 1916 (killed while in command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 43.
- ↑ Report from Charles Beresford dated 10 April 1908 in Naval Policy - Strategy - Tactics: Miscellaneous papers from Private Office received by record office at The National Archives. ADM 116/942, unnumbered folio halfway within series.
- ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 321-2.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 15.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1913. W/T Appendix, p. 13.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
- ↑ Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
- ↑ Ballard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 65.
- ↑ Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 225.
- ↑ Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 225.
- ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
- ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
- ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
- ↑ Hunter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 372.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 454.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 454.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394l.
- ↑ Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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